Content Archive: August 2015

Airlines

China To Decentralize Landing Rights Process

Private or provincially owned airlines to secure rights through their own aviation authorities
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Aircraft

F-35 Does International Refueling, Fires Internal Gatling Gun

Recent testing from Edwards AFB has included the first international air refueling, and the 25mm Gatling Gun
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Charter & Fractional

Fired Union-organizing Flexjet Pilots To Be Reinstated

An arbitrator ruled that three union-organizing Flexjet pilots terminated by the fractional provider earlier this year be reinstated with back pay
Training and Workforce

FlightSafety Adds Second Gulfstream G280 Simulator

The FS1000 simulator built for the G280 include the company’s Vital 1100 visual system, electric motion cueing and new instructor operating station.
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Charter & Fractional

Dallas' All-you-can-fly Rise Adds More Frequency

King Air 350 service expanded to the entire Texas Triangle with addition of eight more scheduled flights between Houston and Austin.
FBOs

Fly Arkansas Moves into Former Hawker Facility

Fly Arkansas will occupy about a quarter of the former Hawker Beechcraft facility in Little Rock, with the remainder of the complex still available.
ATC

Singapore Inaugurates New Air Traffic Management Centers

MITRE opens first facility outside the U.S. as Singapore strives to become an air traffic management center of excellence.
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Charter & Fractional

'Air Cocaine' Pilots To Appeal 20-year Sentences

Dominican jury sentenced both pilots to 20 years of prison and confiscated the French-operated Falcon 50.
Airlines

Path Cleared to IAG’s Aer Lingus Takeover

Ryanair formally agrees to sell its 29.1 percent stake
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Avionics

Avionica Unveils 4G QAR Data Delivery Module

The new 4G module will be STC approved for installation on 250 aircraft types, including all business jets and turboprops.
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